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Greg Ellis and Jordan Peterson discuss his recent project, The Respondent, and his critique of the US family law and court system. They cover divorce statistics, mending relationships, the impact of the divorce industry on families, the incentives behind it, and much more.

Greg Ellis is a British author, television director, voice artist, and actor who has appeared in Oscar-winning movies directed by Hollywood superstars. He has produced and written for TV, starred in Broadway, and voiced characters for many movies, TV shows, and video games.

His most recent work, The Respondent, is a multimedia combination of personal experience and a critique of the family law system in America.

1 posted on 02/24/2022 3:28:48 PM PST by Jeff Chandler
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To: Jeff Chandler

“don’t click.”

Roger that.


2 posted on 02/24/2022 3:38:02 PM PST by Dr. Zzyzx
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To: Jeff Chandler

At this point, when my son comes of age and asks my opinion on marriage, I will tell him the truth, at least as far as community property states are concerned.

That it’s an illusory contract designed to punish the man/primary breadwinner, no matter how good his behavior, and benefit the woman, no matter how egregious her behavior.


3 posted on 02/24/2022 3:40:39 PM PST by DarrellZero
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To: Jeff Chandler

Ellis discusses his own experiences with divorce from a vindictive woman, and what the family court system puts men through.


5 posted on 02/24/2022 3:41:59 PM PST by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: Jeff Chandler

I work with both men and women and the courts are capricious and the judicial system is plain evil.

Both sexes suffer tremendously under the courts. Both sexes have places where they are powerless in the system.


7 posted on 02/24/2022 3:51:50 PM PST by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: Jeff Chandler

First Law. Never get married.


8 posted on 02/24/2022 3:55:22 PM PST by Musketeer
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To: Jeff Chandler

Seeing what happened to both my cousins, co-workers, and several friends with divorce, got that idea out of my head.


11 posted on 02/24/2022 4:05:35 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Rollo Tomassi and the Rule Zero guys are of one accord about the mistake it is today for a man to get married.

That said, my college girlfriend (now wife) have been together for 51 years. We are the only one of about 12 couples we know from that era that are still together. We’re happy as clams. (”No brain, no headache!”)


16 posted on 02/24/2022 4:13:33 PM PST by oldplayer
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To: Jeff Chandler

Thank you for posting. If you say ‘Jordan Peterson’ I’m in. A crime what this poor man has gone through.


18 posted on 02/24/2022 4:21:53 PM PST by Twotone (While one may vote oneself into socialism one has to shoot oneself out of it.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

My husband and I have been together 48 years. He is the handsomest, most kind, cheerful, and sometimes funniest guy in the world and I am the luckiest woman in the world.


19 posted on 02/24/2022 4:45:25 PM PST by wintertime ( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
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To: Jeff Chandler

I watched the video interview of what happened to Mr. Ellis. He is not alone. A coworkers marriage fell apart when he discovered wife was having sex with his best fiend. The wife justified her behavior in every manner possible to avoid admitting she was wrong. It was a bitter divorce and my friend was understandably angry. Things got heated and the wife declared to authorities that he was molesting their 5 year old daughter. She essentially used the kid as a weapon and what a weapon it was. The rest of my story is the same as what happened to MR. Ellis. You are guilty, no arrest, no trial but punishment is dispensed for years.


20 posted on 02/24/2022 4:49:41 PM PST by The Sentient Sheep
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Years ago our office manager went through a messy divorce and his wife played the abuse card. He was very lucky that one of my partners represented him for free. Even so, he damn near had to register as a sex offender. All because of a vindictive lie.


21 posted on 02/24/2022 4:53:02 PM PST by colorado tanker
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bump


28 posted on 02/24/2022 5:54:42 PM PST by Albion Wilde (If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore, it’s propaganda. --Aaron Rodgers)
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I tell the young fellas at work.....
Just go find a woman that hates your guts.
Buy her a house.
Give her half your pay for the next 20 years.
I just saved you about 100K in legal fees.
You’re welcome!


30 posted on 02/24/2022 6:08:30 PM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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I've watched an hour of it so far. Whew. Both those guys have barely survived lives that became multi-year nightmares.

Show that video to a group of 18 year old males, and see how many never get married.

So much for "He just refuses to commit! So immature!"

33 posted on 02/24/2022 7:26:43 PM PST by TChad ("Joe, we should evacuate the civilians before the military. You understand that, right? Joe?")
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